By Mark Everson Davies,Hilary Swain
Aspects of Roman background 82BC–AD14 examines the political and armed forces heritage of Rome and its empire within the Ciceronian and Augustan a while. it truly is an vital creation to this crucial interval of Roman background for all scholars of Roman historical past, from pre-university to undergraduate level.
This is the 1st publication in view that H.H. Scullard’s From the Gracchi to Nero, released generations in the past, to provide a whole introductory account of 1 of the main compelling and very important sessions within the background of Europe. Aspects of Roman background 82BC–AD14:
- brings to lifestyles the good figures of Pompey, Caesar, Antony, Cleopatra and Augustus, and explores how strength was once won, used and abused
- covers the lives of girls and slaves, the working of the empire and the lives of provincials, and faith, tradition and propaganda
- offers either a survey of the most subject matters and an in depth narrative in the course of the shut exam of sources
- introduces scholars to the issues of examining facts, and is helping strengthen the information and abilities had to extra the examine of historical history.
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